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Answer:
nostalgia

The word nostalgia derives from the Greek
nostos, return home; it denotes a "sentimental
yearning for a period of the past."

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And the algia bit means "pain' as in myalgia or
notalgia (backache).

niels.hovmoller at &utbildning.stockholm.se

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Its a sentimental remembrance for an old wound. After time it loses its pain and the wisdom gained grants it meaning. Like people remembering the bad old day and recalling only the good times you could think they were good time, and not bad times punctuated by a few good moments.